Bell Communications Research, formed at divestiture to provide centralized services to the seven regional Bell holding companies and their operating company subsidiaries. Also coordinates national security, emergency preparedness, and other communications matters of concern to the U.S. federal government. Bellcore was acquired by SAIC in 1997 and renamed Telcordia Technologies in 1999.
A Company now called Telcordia Technologies, that developed standards for the RBOC's. The company was created during the divestiture of the Bell System in 1984 to serve the Bell operating companies by providing a center for technological expertise and innovation.
A jointly owned, financed and centrally staffed organization of the regional holding companies formed after the AT&T divestiture in 1984, charged with establishing network standards and interfaces. Bellcore changed its name to Telcordia Technologies in 1999.
An organization owned jointly by the Bell regional holding companies that may in the future be owned partially or totally by other persons. The organization conducts research and development projects for its owners, including development of new telecommunications services. Bellcore also provides certain centralized technical and management services for the regional holding companies, and provides generic requirements for the telecommunications industry for products, services and technologies. www.bellcore.com
A United States Telecom Standards association that tests products and establishes recommended standards that telecom manufacturers should abide by. Although companies are not required to follow them, many customers will insist that the products they buy meet these specifications. Bellcore only deals with products sold in the US, so international companies selling in the US pay close attention to these standards. Bellcore standards are slowly being replaced with international specs from the IEC.
Bell Communications Research. A research and development organization created after the divestiture of the Bell System. It is supported by the regional Bell holding companies (RBHCs), which own the regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs).
Bell Communications Research. Organization that performs research and development on behalf of the RBOCs.
The organization established at AT&T divestiture, representing and funded by the BOCs and RBOCs, for the purpose of establishing telephone network standards and interfaces (includes much of what had been Bell Laboratories.)